[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/tEZlVMQK"] [Date "2020.04.08"] [White "seveshnikov"] [Black "chessentialsBLOG"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2275"] [BlackElo "2459"] [TimeControl "900+15"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B06"] [Opening "Modern Defense: Pseudo-Austrian Attack"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/chessentialsBLOG"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/iXbpFq21/YOOgrgAJ"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ne2 { This is a very rare move. Usually White does this by starting with a4. } 7... Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. c3 e6 10. a4 b4 { With the given move order, perhaps it is a mistake to go b4 here, as Black has other alternatives. } 11. cxb4 cxb4 12. f5 { This doesn't seem to be the best, but is still somewhat unpleasant to face and I immediately went wrong. } 12... exf5 (12... gxf5 13. exf5 e5 { Is recommended by my engine, but it looks very bad for Black. }) 13. exf5 Ngf6 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Qe1 Nbd5 { I wanted to defend the b4 pawn, but in all sincerity, I should have just castled. } 16. Ng3+ Kd7 { To be fair, I have played a really bad Modern game (although this variation is one I find particularly challenging). At this point I didn't suspect I was playing against a cheater at all. } 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Qd2 Rc8 { Despite the funny looking king on d7, I am somehow hanging by a threat and it is not so easy to finish me. } 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Bc4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Kh1 f5 24. Qd3 Rce8 { Here I thought I was escaping, but this was met with a shocking blow. } 25. a5! { This is incredibly strong move. } 25... Qa7? { A blunder in an unpleasant position. I completely missed my opponent's brilliant reply. } (25... Qxa5 { Was the better option. I thought I would lose the a-pawn by force after } 26. Ra1 (26. Qb3 { Is much stronger, with numerous threats. Too bad I didn't take the pawn to see how my opponent would play. }) 26... Qb6 27. Bxa6 { Although that doesn't seem so terrible. }) 26. Bb5+!! { A brilliant shot that is very hard to see in advance, to be honest. } 26... axb5 27. Qxb5+ Ke6 28. Qxe8+ Ne7 29. Qxe7+ Kd5 30. Qf7+ { To be fair, I don't remember whether I realized after the game I was playing against a cheater. It is possible the game made me suspect and that I reported him after seeing his other games. But it may also be possible he was caught later. In any case, this is also a good example of how cheating can be concealad, as White made some innacuracies in earlier stages in the game. However, his overall centipawn loss was still rather high (17). In comparison, mine was 47. } 1-0